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What the Deletion Tool Does

For each target object ID, reap_delete does the following:

  • Deletes the object's incblob, baseblob, and domain_lock records (blob data).
  • Deletes the object's relational abstract data (records in the relation named for the objecttype, such as the Project relation, with the object's pdm_blobid).
  • Changes the Dict record user_type and dom_type to new ET_NULLOBJECT type, and changes abs_number and objecttype to the corresponding ABS_NULLOBJECT_TYPE.
  • Deletes a ContentRoutingProject's RHist relational records, WorkFlow object (a separate blob), and corresponding relational workflow data (Task, TaskRoute, and TeamMember).
  • Deletes a Project's RHist relational records, WorkFlow object (a separate blob), and corresponding relational workflow data (Task, TaskRoute, and TeamMember).
  • Deletes a graphic's content GBlobs (separate blobs).
  • Retains the object's entry in the Dict relation to distinguish between corrupt, deleted, and nonexistent objects.